(opening dates are tentative)
Draft Day, PG-13 The general manager of an NFL team (Kevin Costner) must quickly decide what he’s willing to sacrifice in pursuit of perfection - while negotiating a trade for the No. 1 pick. With Jennifer Garner, Ellen Burstyn, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sean Combs; directed by Ivan Reitman.
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Oculus, R A 20-something guy, convicted of the brutal murder of his parents 10 years before and newly released from protective custody, only wants to move on with his life, but his sister is convinced her parents’ deaths were caused by a malevolent supernatural force unleashed through an antique mirror in their childhood home. With Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff, Brenton Thwaites, James Lafferty, Rory Cochrane, Annalise Basso, Garrett Ryan, Kate Siegel, Katie Parker, Miguel Sandoval; directed by Mike Flanagan.
April 11
Perfect Sisters, not rated A pair of abused and neglected teenage girls almost get away with murder. With Abigail Breslin, Georgie Henley, Mira Sorvino, James Russo; directed by Stanley M. Brooks.
April 11
Rio 2, G Our animal heroes, trying to fit into the Amazon wilds after being hurtled out of the big city, encounter a vengeful rival and worse - an unpleasant in-law. Animated. With voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Jamie Foxx, Andy Garcia, Rita Moreno, Bruno Mars, Kristin Chenoweth; directed by Carlos Saldanha.
April 11
50 to 1, PG-13 A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. With Christian Kane, Skeet Ulrich, William Devane, Madelyn Deutch, Todd Lowe; directed by Jim Wilson.
April 11
Tim’s Vermeer, PG-13 A documentary look at Texas based inventor Tim Jenison’s eight-year pilgrimage to try to solve one of art’s greatest mysteries: How did 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photorealistically, 150 years before the invention of photography? With Penn Jillette, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman; directed by Teller.
April 11
The Unknown Known, PG-13 Errol Morris’ documentary portrait of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of the Iraq War.
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MovieStyle, Pages 38 on 04/04/2014